“Conscious investing means committing 100% of your time and money into what matters to you the most.”
- Steven Ringelstein, CEO, The Business Gym LLC
The Business Gym actively supports community and non-profit organizations who are aligned with our passions and gifts. To express our commitment to strengthening such bonds and connections, locally and internationally, The Business Gym has organized several fundraising events and special outreach to allow business owners to participate in their communities with a greater sense of purpose.
Organizations Supported by The Business Gym
The In2:InThinking Network was formed in 2001 by a group of students of the work of W. Edwards Deming and related theorists. The aim of our network is to make thinking about systems, variation, knowledge, and psychology, and their interaction – which comprises Deming’s system of profound knowledge – more conscious. We believe that such thinking about thinking, which we call “inthinking,” will allow people to better perceive relationships and interdependencies in human endeavors, and consequently act to make those endeavors more valuable, more satisfying, and more joyful.
ICAN‘s mission is to assist and empower late-stage patients worldwide with cutting-edge information regarding anticancer drugs in clinical trials as well as physician referrals at the patient’s request based on the patient’s reported medical situation. ICAN maintains over 200 separate Cancer Patient Advocacy and Clinical Trials Advocacy Programs, ranging from the major solid tumors to the rarest blood cancers. ICAN fills a niche left by other cancer organizations by providing detailed, creative, and tenacious assistance at every decision point of the cancer patient’s battle.
Local First Arizona (LFA) is a non-profit organization working to strengthen communities and local economies through supporting, maintaining, and celebrating locally owned businesses throughout the state of Arizona. We educate citizens, stakeholders, business leaders, and legislators about the significant environmental, economic, and cultural benefits of strong local economies. We build vibrant communities that make residents proud to call home.
ecocentricity! is the business center for Fair Haven Crossing – a Phoenix, Arizona based non-profit organization aimed at helping the most impoverished individuals in our city find a way to contribute to society by establishing a sustainable, productive lifestyle through “green entrepreneur-ship”: access to education, on-the-job vocational training and spiritual fulfillment. The store focuses on providing a variety of eco-friendly products and services. It also has created a gallery for local, new and established artists, and a home decor section of both donated and consigned items.
ecocentricity‘s purpose is to reuse, restore, recycle and rethink. All profits from store and internet sales are donated to Fair Haven Crossing.
The All Saints’ Friends of Music Committee supports the mission of All Saints’ Episcopal Church and Day School by developing and maintaining music programs and events that glorify God, serve the spiritual needs of the congregation and community, and help to foster an understanding and appreciation for the role of music in the church.
An integral part of the worship at All Saints’ Episcopal Church and Day School, the music department strives to educate and train people to make music of the highest caliber as part of their offering and ministry. Under the direction of Scott Youngs, the music program includes a Senior Choir, a professional Chamber Choir, a Handbell choir, a Women’s Chant Choir and a Junior Choir. The music staff also conducts a Chorister program for boys and girls at the Day School.
Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association is dedicated to support, education, and communication for thyroid cancer survivors, their families and friends. We also sponsor Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month, year-round awareness activities, and thyroid cancer research fundraising and research grants. Since October 1995, we have been developing a network of services that link thyroid cancer survivors and health care professionals around the world. The website has been created and is maintained by thyroid cancer survivors.
The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. We are advancing Alzheimer research through our peer-reviewed research grants program. Since funding our first research grants in 1982, the Alzheimer’s Association has awarded more than $265 million to scientists investigating the causes, treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease.
Since its inception in 1982, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, formerly known as The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, has raised over $1.5 billion for research, education and health services, making it the largest breast cancer charity in the world. It is recognized as the leading catalyst in the fight against breast cancer, with more than 100,000 volunteers working in a network of 125 United States and international affiliates.
The Second Chance Center for Animals (SCCA) takes in hundreds of homeless dogs, cats, puppies and kittens every year from Native American lands in and around Northern Arizona and from the euthanasia lists of other organizations in Arizona. We strive to find loving, responsible “forever homes” for these animals, and provide their new guardians with the information they need to provide the best possible long-term care.
Florence Crittenton of Arizona is a non-profit 501C(3) organization that has served Arizona’s youth and their families for well more than a century. Today they offer a comprehensive continuum of care designed to help at-risk girls from 12 to 21 overcome issues of abuse, neglect, teen pregnancy, teen parenting, and behavioral and/or mental health problems. Florence Crittenton creates safe environments where youth, young adults, and families can discover the support of a caring community and the possibility of a bright new future.
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is an international non-profit organization dedicated to serving the poor and providing others with the opportunity to serve. The Phoenix Diocesan Council has been assisting central and northern Arizona families since 1946. Programs include services for the homeless, medical and dental care for the working poor, charity dining rooms, thrift stores, a transitional housing shelter and general assistance for individuals in need.
Big Brothers Big Sisters help children realize their potential through professionally supported one-on-one relationships with volunteers who care about them. National research shows that positive relationships between youth and their Big Brother or Big Sister have a direct and measurable impact. By participating in Big Brother Big Sister programs, youth are:
- 52% less likely to skip school
- 46% less likely to use illegal drugs
- 27% less likely to start drinking alcohol
- More confident of their academic performance
- Able to get along better with their families
Arizona State University conducted a study with children involved in a Big Brothers Big Sisters site-based program at Wilson Elementary school in Phoenix. The study assessed the effectiveness of the program based upon three objectives: self confidence, decision making and school grades. It was discovered that:
- 92% of youth improved their self confidence
- 62% made better decisions
- 85% improved or maintained passing grades in science
- 70% improved or maintained passing grades in reading
- 60% improved or maintained passing grades in math